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hpr3274 :: My Custom dwm Setup

by: arfab

Publication date: 2021-02-18

Usage: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0

Topics: dwm, suckless, linux, bash, cli

Contributor: HackerPublicRadio

Language: English

Summary: Me talking about how I've customised dwm, added and removed patches and written various scripts.
Source: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3274
Original audio: http://archive.org/download/hpr3274/hpr3274_source.flac

Intro - video on yt, audio on hpr
Who am I? arfab, clearnitesky, trumpetplanet
my email has changed since my first hpr episode - thanks lavabit!
You can now use hello@richcolq.xyz
My previous episode was 0618

Story of ricing my own desktop:
- Always been into customising look/feel, never satisfied
- Found Luke Smith and liked i3, made own version.
- Pandemic hits! Started learning Python, JavaScript but had no real use for them...
- Made a website (inspired by disconnecting from social media)
- check out richcolq.xyz and github.com/clearnitesky
What programs am I using?
- dwm (obviously)
- dmenu
- st
- surf / brave
- sxhkd - various short cuts sorted by purpose
- dunst
- sxiv/feh
- zathura
- my status stuff using dwmstat script
- a look in ~/.local/bin
- I recently learned about awk and rewrote all icon scripts which is what inspired me to record this episode.
What next?
- Is it necessary to patch dwm? Probably not.
  I've come to believe that the real value in these experiments has come from my custom status scripts and keyboard shortcuts - not from patching new features into dwm. It does what I need it to (manage windows!)
Thanks for watching!